European foreword

This document (EN 1022:2023) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 207 “Furniture”, the secretariat of which is held by UNI.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by May 2024, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 2024.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 1022:2018.

EN 1022:2023 includes the following significant technical changes with respect to EN 1022:2018:

— The scope has been amended to specifically exclude products that require the user to actively affect stability.
— The definition of arm rest has been improved.
— The sideways stability of seating with swivelling arm rest pads has been defined.
— The standard has been aligned with other standards to refer to single column seating, rather than swivelling seating.
— A modified loading point template has been introduced.
— The sideways stability test for seating with raised side edges has been improved.
— Rearwards stability tests for loungers have been introduced.
— The clarification of rearward stability of multi-position reclining seating has been introduced.
— Requirements for single column seating with reclining back rests and foot/leg rests has been added.

Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard:Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

BS EN 1022:2023

Furniture. Seating. Determination of stability

Current

Published:

31 Dec 2023